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The Quebec Legislative Assembly has launched public hearings into assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is illegal in Canada. But the hearings are expected to renew the debate over a divisive and emotional [...]
Iman Kate and her two children escaped the Iraq war. They out-ran an abusive relative and thanks to the kindness of strangers, they made it safely to a new life in Canada. But now they face a whole new set of challenges. Find out how [...]
Centenarians (people over the age of 100) are one of the fastest growing age demographics in Canada. And that many people... living that much longer than they probably planned for ... has consequences for us all. Meet two members of one of the fastest growing [...]
He was once one of the most famous men in Canada. Over the past two years, he has been involved in a high stakes confrontation with California's legal system. In May he plead guilty to perjury in a bankruptcy fraud case and is due to [...]
A Pastor in Florida calls for "Burn A Koran Day." A man in New York City stabs a cab driver after learning he's a Muslim. We ask if current anti-Islamic sentiment fits a chilling, historical pattern of [...]
We kick off this season's major project, Shift with The Demographer's Dilemma. A documentary that examines the challenges of tracking the trajectory of that ever-elusive subject, [...]
A new brand of populist politics is emerging in Canada. It's based on emotional appeals, anti-government sentiment and the belief in the wisdom of the crowd. We're asking if it's good for [...]
Bed bug research is on the rise and the quest is on to find out as much as possible about the critters because they have made a total resurgence 50 years after everyone thought they were gone for good. We talk to a top-researcher about [...]
R.B. Fleming's new biography about Peter Gzowski challenges some perceptions Gzowski fans have about "Captain Canada". We talked to him about this today on The [...]
Earlier this summer, five scientists threw away their electronic devices and headed into the wilderness to find out what would happen to their brains when they were completely unplugged. We talk to the scientist who led the [...]
We talk to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield about taking command of the International Space Station and the future of space [...]
In the wake of the arrest of three Canadians who are alleged to have been part of a plot to commit a terrorist act in Canada, we look at how people lead double-lives and what effect it has on [...]
As the debate over the federal long-gun registry continues, we revisit a documentary about the event that helped give rise to the registry ... the Montreal [...]
It was five years ago this week that New Orleans' levees gave way and flooded the city. Today, less than a quarter of the people who used to live in the city's lower ninth ward have gone back to their homes. Parts of the city [...]
Due to copyright issues, this segment is not available as a podcast; however, you can listen online off our website at: www.cbc.ca/thecurrent. Click on Past Episodes and the date. Sorry for the [...]
Wheat harvests in many parts of the world are being devastated by extreme weather. That's adding to global food insecurity, because some big wheat producers may not be able to meet their own needs, let alone export wheat to other countries that need [...]
Due to copyright issues, this segment is not available as a podcast; however, you can listen online off our website at: www.cbc.ca/thecurrent. Click on Past Episodes and the date. Sorry for the [...]
As the vote to scrap the Long Gun Registry draws nearer, the issue is putting both the government and the opposition in awkward positions. The Conservatives support scrapping the registry, even though many police organizations don't. And some opposition MPs are sympathetic to the government's [...]
Thousands of Mi'kmaq in Newfoundland and Labrador are fighting for official status under Canada's Indian Act. But as their fight drags on, many of them are searching out other ways to define [...]
Meet a recreational skeleton rider named Denny Simon and find out how a 67-year-old man gets possessed by one of the craziest -- and most reckless -- winter sports [...]
Amnesty International is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Over the last half-century, it has become one of the most widely respected human rights organizations in the world. But as it expands the focus of its work, some worry it is becoming a less effective [...]
Meet three women working to leave their marks on Vancouver's skyline ... and to carve out some space in an overwhelmingly male-dominated [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered all private security contractors to get out of Afghanistan. He says the contractors are out of control and making the situation worse. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the decision could complicate Canada's withdrawal from [...]
How Wikipedia -- the now-ubiquitous on-line encyclopedia -- became a battleground for settling political scores and a very effective tool for manipulating public [...]
33 Chilean miners are trapped about 700 metres below the surface of the earth. Incredibly, they are alive and safe. But it could take months to rescue them. We look at how the miners are likely to cope as they wait to be [...]
The story of a northern Canadian town haunted by the murder of an RCMP officer and the drug culture that killed [...]
The latest on the floods in Pakistan and the political fallout from them as Pakistan's government appears to be wobbling under the pressure. We also look at the ways natural disasters have altered the course of history and [...]
Meet a Norwegian cameraman who embedded himself with the Taliban and witnessed the war in Afghanistan from the other [...]
Potash is to Saskatchewan what cars and steel are to Ontario. What hydroelectric power is to Quebec. What oil is to Alberta. It's a cash cow. So people in Saskatchewan care about potash deeply. And when a multinational mining giant called BHP Billiton launches a [...]
A documentary about two men and a baby ... Well, two men who began their lives as girls and then got together to make a baby and ended up challenging all kinds of assumptions about gender in the [...]
492 Tamils are now waiting to find out whether they have a future here in Canada. Politically, their cases are complicated by the fact that they arrived on a boat. In Australia, dozens of boats filled with refugee claimants have arrived in Australian waters. It's [...]
The Conservative Government's decision not to renew the contract of Veteran's Ombudsman Pat Stogran has raised a storm of criticism about Ottawa's commitment to Canada's military veterans. We're asking if today's injured veterans are getting the same level of treatment, help and support as the [...]
Electro-Convulsive Therapy is extremely controversial. But it's still in use here in Canada and elsewhere. And now, The Canadian Psychiatric Association has re-stated its view that it's a safe and effective treatment for major [...]
We rebroadcast the story of a Haitian infant whose Canadian adoption was fast-tracked after the earthquake last January. But adapting to her new life hasn't been easy. Listen to Esther's [...]
Last month, we heard from Nick Bala. He's a Law Professor at Queen's University. He's suffering from a very advanced cancer that is difficult to treat. And he says that's because a pathologist mis-diagnosed his cancer as benign. Today we hear about another cancer mis-diagnosis [...]
Like many African countries, Chad is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its independence. But France still has a lot of influence. And many Chadians wonder just how independent they really [...]
Research In Motion, the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry wireless device, is under pressure to give the Indian Government partial access to the information sent across the devices. The Indian Government argues that monitoring communications is necessary in order to combat terrorism. But others [...]
We have the latest on the 500 Tamil Sri Lankans on board a boat docked off the coast of British Columbia. The Canadian and Sri Lankan Governments say there could be terrorists affiliated with the Tamil Tigers on board. But the passengers, and many Tamil [...]
We rebroadcast the third documentary in David Ridgen's series on Canadian cold cases about the still-unsolved murder of nine-year-old Sharin' Morningstar [...]
Meet the man who ran the operation to capture Adolph Eichmann, who in a sense ran the Holocaust. And find out why the Hollywood version of Nazi-hunting might have stretched the truth a little further than you [...]
As the U.S. military commission trial of Omar Khadr continues, Mike Finnerty talks to Omar Deghayes, a former inmate at the U.S. Military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who knew Omar Khadr while he was detained [...]
We look at how Steven Slater went from self-effacing flight attendant to global internet icon and how he sparked a heated debate about who's responsible for our frequently less-than-friendly [...]
The BBC's Urdu language service has launched a new service for the millions of Pakistanis whose lives have been upended by the worst floods to hit the country in half-a-century. It's called "Lifeline Pakistan" and it's designed to provide basic information about food, shelter and [...]
The proposal to build a mosque near the site of the September 11th attacks in New York City is fueling heated criticism and sparking anti-Islamic sentiments all over the United States. Some Muslims say the proposed mosque would be an unnecessary provocation but others say [...]
A new law in Ontario makes it illegal for drivers under 22 to have any alcohol in their system. The government says it will save lives. But at least one 20-year-old driver thinks it violates his fundamental human rights as a Canadian [...]
How cell phones, open agricultural markets and tourism are changing African economies and just maybe spelling the end of The Third [...]
According to a new government directive, Canadian immigration officers are now required to report anyone who tries to desert their country's armed forces and come to Canada as conscientious objector. Ottawa says it's the right thing to do since desertion is a crime in Canada [...]
Every fall, hundreds of young people from remote first nations in Northern Ontario leave their homes and travel south for high school. And sadly not all of them make the return trip [...]
dBarring a court challenge, the new, voluntary census is set to go to the printers today. Mike Finnerty talks to Don McLeish, the President of the Statistical Society of Canada about the efforts to mount an international campaign to preserve the old, long-form [...]
In the wake of the devastating floods in Pakistan, radical groups have been stepping up to provide humanitarian aid in places where the government is still largely absent. We'll look at how that's changing the political balance in Pakistan and how the delivery of aid [...]
This is the story of one woman who traded in her high heels and power suits for a set of overalls and rubber boots and a new career focus. We originally aired this documentary by Neil Morrison October 2009. It's called, The Philosophy of [...] |
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